AUS
No.Name
15Israel Folau, FB
14Adam Ashley-Cooper, W
T
13Tevita Kuridrani, C
T
12Matt Giteau, C
11Rob Horne, W
10Quade Cooper, FH
2
9Will Genia, SH
1James Slipper, P
2Stephen Moore, H
3Sekope Kepu, P
4Will Skelton, L
5Rob Simmons, L
6Scott Fardy, FL
7Michael Hooper, FL
T
8Scott Higginbotham, N8
Replacements
16Tatafu Polota-Nau, -
17Scott Sio, P
18Greg Holmes, P
19James Horwill, L
20David Pocock, N8
21Nick Phipps, SH
22Matt To'omua, FH
23Drew Mitchell, W

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Suncorp Stadium
6:05 AM, July 18, 2015
Attendance: 37,633
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

83'24-20 End of half
83'24-20 End of half
81'+224-20 End of second half
81'+122-20 Try - Tevita Kuridrani , Australia
81'+224-20 Conversion - Matt Giteau , Australia
80'Australia win the lineout and set up maul but Springboks defend well. Australia moving ball right but can't breach line.
79'South Africa effect one final turnover, but then go to ground at the breakdown. Australia go for the corner. South Africa pay penalty fopr trying to run clock by stopping playing.
78'Australia collect clearing dropout on halfway and commence phase play up the middle.
77'Substitute on - Lwazi Mvovo , South Africa
77'Player substituted - Jesse Kriel , South Africa
76'South Africa win the lineout and rumble to own 10m. Box kick and Izzy Folau flies highest to win ball. South Africa offside in midfield and Australia finishing strongly. Matt Toomua influential for Australia. Matt Giteau back on the paddock and going for goal from in front on the 10m line. Kick never quite had the legs. Looked almost a little chip kick and died under black dot.
75'Player substituted - Quade Cooper , Australia
75'Substitute on - Matt Giteau , Australia
75'17-20 Conversion - Quade Cooper , Australia
74'15-20 Try - Michael Hooper , Australia
73'Folau goes first phase from Phipps, but Wallabies recycle and Michael Hooper crashes over inside dummy-running James Horwill. Scott Sio immense at the scrum, monstering replacement tight-head Malerbe.
72'Scrum going nowhere before Springboks front-row goes down. Packing again for the penalty.
70'Immense Australia scrum and Michael Hooper drives Schalk Burger back over the tryline. Australia 5m scrum.
70'Player substituted - Marcell Coetzee , South Africa
70'Substitute on - Oupa Mohoje , South Africa
69'Wallabies win lineout and set Pocock for maul but told by referee Owens to use it. Three phase later and Rob Simmons loses the ball forward in contact. Marcell Coetzee, meanwhile, can't even hobble off as he has a right leg injury.
68'Poor lineout from Strauss. Overthrown and Nick Phipps has Australia on front foot. Hard runs from James Horwill and Scott Sio and Kuridrani but all one-out. Boks penalised for going off feet at ruck. Very kickable penalty but Quade Cooper kicks for 5m lineout.
68'Player substituted - Matt Giteau , Australia
68'Substitute on - Quade Cooper , Australia
68'Substitute on - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
68'Player substituted - Handre Pollard , South Africa
68'Substitute on - Cobus Reinach , South Africa
68'Player substituted - Ruan Pienaar , South Africa
67'Matt Giteau leaves the field very short of breath after crunching hit on ribs.
66'Matts Toomua and Giteau combine well, and two pases later Drew Mitchell runs strong into 22 before bumping Pollard. Go right and back left where Handre Pollard wins breakdown from Fardy. Wallabies just too few shirts at the ruck.
66'Substitute on - Matt To'omua , Australia
66'Player substituted - Quade Cooper , Australia
66'Substitute on - Scott Sio , Australia
66'Player substituted - James Slipper , Australia
64'Australia offside in midfield, which explains lack of space for Boks. Passing was slow however. Penalty fails to reach touch as Drew Mitchell collects and passes back to Michael Hooper who dishes off to Quade Cooper who clears to halfway.Scrappy but effective.
63'Strong hit from Australia but Greg Holmes goes down and South AFrica free-kick. Israel Folau drops the clearing bomb.
62'Nigel Owens stern with front-rows. You keep this up, he orders twice. Scrum promptly collapses on engagement.
60'Matt Giteau makes a huge bust, slicing through outside centre channel on right but Izzy Folau on inside can't collect pop pass with line begging. Pass too high.
59'Strong scrum from the Wallabies, pushing back Boks and Adriaan Strauss goes to ground as the set-piece wheels. Much back slapping from the Wallabies' forwards. seemed Wallabies weren't scrummaging straight either, but such is the art of front-row penalties. Quade Cooper awful off the tee, the ball missing left of the posts.
58'Substitute on - Drew Mitchell , Australia
58'Player substituted - Rob Horne , Australia
55'David Pocock is sparking some reward up front for Wallabies; pack looking more dynamic in phase play, more direct. Folau bends the line in broken play and the Wallabies come back left where Matt Giteaus is isolated high. Maul forms and turnover ball. Too easy for Boks defence.
55'10-20 Penalty goal - Quade Cooper , Australia
52'Strong determined runs from Michael Hooper and James Slipper before winning penalty with Ruan Pienaar offside. Directly in front, 25 metres out. Credit Springboks defence for Wallabies looking lateral in attack. Australia must get more reward at breakdown. Just one-out runners and lateral play at the minute.
51'Australia build phases but little damage before appalling kick to no-one from Cooper. Springboks clear deep into Australia 22 and Wallabies have to build again. Ashley-Cooper cruelled by Damian de Allende.
51'Substitute on - James Horwill , Australia
51'Player substituted - Will Skelton , Australia
50'Australia now have another lineout option after Higginbotham's exit. South Africa win lineout and march from 22 to 10m with maul.
50'Substitute on - Adriaan Strauss , South Africa
50'Player substituted - Bismarck du Plessis , South Africa
50'Substitute on - Heinke van der Merwe , South Africa
50'Player substituted - Tendai Mtawarira , South Africa
49'All change now in Springboks front-row. Win a penalty at their first set-piece with Australia pinged for angling in.
48'Good scrum from Australia. Solid. Pocock passes from the base and they creat opportunity on short right side but poor pass from Quade Cooper to Tevita Kuridrani, and centre knocks on.
48'Substitute on - Frans Malherbe , South Africa
48'Player substituted - Jannie du Plessis , South Africa
47'Australia putting ball through hands as Springboks hold off in defence. Springboks effect turnover, but Pocock charges down clearing kick and then chases down Habana in end goal. Scrum 5 Australia to right of posts.
46'Player substituted - Sekope Kepu , Australia
46'Substitute on - Greg Holmes , Australia
46'Player substituted - Scott Higginbotham , Australia
46'Substitute on - David Pocock , Australia
46'7-20 Conversion - Handre Pollard , South Africa
45'Interesting back-row now for Australia! Pocock going to No.8. Interesting lineout options.
45'7-18 Try - Jesse Kriel , South Africa
44'Sensational try Jesse Kriel on Test debut exploiting awful tackles. Handre Pollard sets up Willie le Roux to run across field to hit Bryan Habana who offloads to Kriel, and the centre outstrips poor defence.
42'Accidental offside Springboks but wonder if Australia want the scrum. Clear well with Higginbotham scooping channel one ball and Rob Horne roosts.
42'Jesse Kriel just held short. Wallabies effect turnover on tryline and clear ball over dead-ball line. Combative game to this point. Springboks on top in possession and territory, and that's reflected on the ball. Well be back after oranges.
41'Plenty possession for Australia but they're going nowhere and the Springboks win a penalty as they keep Michael Hooper off the ground, Kick deep inside Australia 22 and win the lineout.
41'Boks going through phases and now on Australia 22. Pollard links wide with le Rouzx and Pietersen, but Boks spill the ball. Asutralia attempt to run from 22 and throw awful ball that Damian de Allende collects and is just stopped.
41'Player substituted - Oupa Mohoje , South Africa
41'Substitute on - Francois Louw , South Africa
41'Player substituted - Will Genia , Australia
41'Substitute on - Nick Phipps , Australia
41'+27-13 End of first half
40'Genia is off with a knee injury. Kick again too deep and Boks collect easily and clear to halfway from Ruan Pienaar.
40'7-13 Start of second half
39'Excellent kick from wide on left touchline.
39'7-13 Conversion - Handre Pollard , South Africa
38'7-11 Try - Eben Etzebeth , South Africa
37'Chip kick from Pollard and Habana beats Folau. Le Roux picks up crumbs and feeds Eben Etzebeth to cross for first Test try in corner.
36'Boks win lineout and put the ball through hands with le Roux combining with Habana.
35'Scott Higginbotham wins RSA lineout, but aimless high clearing kick from Quade Cooper to Willie le Roux. Aimless kick back and Israel Folau makes a half break. Boks kick back and Genia clears back to Australia 10m.
34'7-6 Conversion - Quade Cooper , Australia
33'5-6 Try - Adam Ashley-Cooper , Australia
32'Wonderful try from Adam Ashley-Cooper. Scott Fardy pings off the top of the lineout and Michael Hooper feeds from halfback. Matt Giteau at fly-half feeds Quade Cooper at second five and he feeds immediate inside ball to Ashley-Cooper to exploit space and go under sticks for 31st Test try. Decoy run from Tevita Kuridrani.
31'Michael Hooper goes wide from halfback after Scott Fardy wins lineout, and Wallabies have space but they lose the ball at the breakdown.
29'Great break for Australia on right flank, with Tevita Kuridrani offloading to Israel Folau from cutout ball from Quade Cooper, and Rob Horne breaking, but Wallabies adjudged to be offside at ensuing breakdown.
29'Substitute on - Oupa Mohoje , South Africa
29'Player substituted - Francois Louw , South Africa
28'Blood bin.
27'Bismarck du Plessis penalised 45 metres from goal and Quade Cooper going for sticks. Pushes the kick right..
26'Handre Pollard on target from 40 mietres. Another deep kick-off from Quade Cooper, and again it's way too deep affording easy possession and opportunity to clear.
26'0-6 Penalty goal - Handre Pollard , South Africa
25'Great scrummaging drive from Boks, and Wallabies eight penalised after going backwards and wheeling as if on ice.
23'Deep kick to clear from Quade Cooper but a little aimless and Willie le Roux has pace and space to come back into contact. Michael Hooper penalised for off feet at breakdown Australia 10 m.
22'
21'Israel Folau makes a huge broken-field bust after defusing midfield bomb and Wallabies go left from ensuing breakdown, but Matt Giteau's looping pass too high for Rob Horne. Wallabies had until that bust been struggling to cross the advantage line in structured offence. Need to go forward to earn right to go wide. Strong Springboks defence.
20'Some huge hits from Springboks defence, with Jannie du Plessis crunching Adam Ashley-Cooper there, and Schalk Burger effecting a penalty over the top of the ball.
19'Matt Giteau appearing at first-receiver inside Quade Cooper, but Springboks' rush defence preventing too much attacking gain.
18'Victor Matfield seems to have a left hamstring injury.
18'Substitute on - Lood de Jager , South Africa
18'Player substituted - Victor Matfield , South Africa
18'Player substituted - Frans Malherbe , South Africa
18'Substitute on - Jannie du Plessis , South Africa
17'Cooper fields deep clearing kick from Willie Le Roux, and combines well with Folau and Kuridrani. James Slipper hit hard but Matt Giteau loops and picks up pill to creat space, but Scott Higginbotham kicks deep. Too deep. We're back on 10m with Boks scrum.
16'Deep kick-off but Pollard easy opportunity to roost back to half-way.
16'0-3 Penalty goal - Handre Pollard , South Africa
14'Strong Boks scrum and Wallabies splinter, but Genia just able to clear channel one ball to touch. Michael Hooper offside at ensuing lineout to gift another scoring opportunity to Handre Pollard from the tee.
14'Substitute on - Frans Malherbe , South Africa
14'Player substituted - Jannie du Plessis , South Africa
13'Boks come back left and Jesse Kriel goes close. Recycle and looking good but Handre Pollard spills the ball from left shoulder. Jannie du Plassis leaves the pitch to have a neck injury checked. Australia scrum 5m under posts.
12'Boks deny a strong scrum from Australia and return with interest. Schalk Burger picks and goes from the base and Damian de Allende breaks into oceans of space on right. Good scrum and both teams stayed up in long set-piece..
10'Easy lineout to Scott Fardy at the front and Wallabies spread again. Three phases until another little mistake by Will Skelton. He's getting involved but just has hard hands at the minute.
8'Wonderful passage of play from Wallabies - 10 phases - but Will Skelton spills and Boks clear. Australia's back-rowere are playing very wide trying to spread play. No points but encouraging start from both teams. Full of intent.
5'Both team solid but Boks win easily and spin wide where Handre Pollard coughs an ill-judged offload. Wallabies on attack with Israel Folau and Scott Higginbotham combining well on right. Half break from Rob Horne on left.
4'Wallabies clear, Will Genia collects bomb and now we're in Boks 22. Boks winlineout and Ruan Pieenar launches perfect box kick that Israel Folau spills in contact. First scrum.
3'Boks building phases but struggling to cross the advantage line with one-out running from the loosies until Will Skelton concedes penalty for not retiring adequate distance.Handre Pollard drills the ball onto the post from 15 in from touch.
2'Wallabies full of intent to run but Quade Cooper monstered in midfield and then Matt Giteau loses the ball in contact. Willie Le Roux kicks deep and Israel Folau returns straight into touch so Boks lineout on Australia 10m.
1'Recycling and Horwill and Toomua held up. Tevita Kuridrani goes over the line, stopped short but rolls. May be held up. Referee goes to TMO. Try yes or no? Immense tackle from Francois Louw, but Schalk Burger couldn't quite keep the ball from touching the line. Wallabies have stolen an amazing victory. South Africa had the game won everywhere but the final whistle. It's never over till it's over. Be sure to log on to Scrum5 on Tuesday when Andy Witers, Sam Bruce and Brett Mckay will discuss the opening round of the Rugby Championship.
1'Australia need to do better at the breakdown, and to kick more accurately; their kicks are aimlessly deep, and hence they're conceding cheap possession. South Africa undoubtedly will look to produce more of the same, but they can perhaps expect more opposition at the breakdown in the second stanza. Anyway, here we go with Quade Cooper.
1'So here we go with Handre Pollard kicking off. Kick a little deep and Wallabies perhaps show intent by putting the pill through hands before roosting clear. Ball remains in play and Michael Hooper and Scott Fardy get the crowd rolling with a big hit on Schalk Burger.
1' Welcome to our live coverage of the second Rugby Championship Test of the season, between Australia and South Africa. New Zealand made a statement against Argentina on Friday, and the New Barbarians and Maori All Blacks just now showed the absolute depth of rugby in the Land of the Long White Cloud, so the Wallabies and Springboks will be looking to lay down a marker with teams in transition. Read Sam's Bruce's preview, and check up on some of the key Rugby Championship statistics. We've also carried a nice interview with Handre Pollard by Firdose Mooonda.
1'0-0 Start of first half

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